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Lack of liquidity, political cost push Greek gov't to seek swift deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politics) and the general secretariat for public revenues in order to safeguard their independence, which has been... precarious. Earlier this week, Alternate Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas claimed in a TV appearance... for Skai TV published this week indicate that the approval rating for the negotiating strategy being
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Tsipras upbeat about funding deal but also mulls referendum in case of impasse
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn his first TV interview since becoming prime minister, Alexis Tsipras expressed his optimism... appeared rather subdued in his appearance on Star TV, spending much of the interview explaining why... a big task the prime minister has in order to secure an agreement in the next weeks. If he is able
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Newsletter 67 - 18/03/2016
for supplementary pensions by 0.5-1 percentage points, which would still entail pension cuts in order... it emerged that in a TV interview in January he had referred to Greece’s neighbouring country... by Mouzalas in the Skai TV interview that prompted all of this week’s kerfuffle. It is doubtful
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
in the excise tax on fuel and natural gas, a rise in the levy on mobile telephony and pay TV, higher taxation... government will have to agree to in order to conclude the current bailout review. Bank deposits fall... not in a rush to become prime minister,” he told Skai TV. Greeks have paid dearly for the headstrong rush
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Break in bailout talks leaves question mark over their conclusion
PoliticsGreek Politics) accepting softer fiscal measures in order for Athens to hit the 3.5 percent of GDP target by 2018, even... there is an all sides for concessions to be made then even this target remains in doubt. TV licenses.... The tender sets the starting price for bids for national TV licenses at 3 million euros each
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Ministry changes lined up ahead of reshuffle but no breakthrough on watchdog
PoliticsGreek Politics" at this moment. The reshuffle is one of the few tools that the premier has left in order to boost... Minister Giorgos Houliarakis are not considered among those who could be shown the door. TV permits The government has been trying to turn the tables on New Democracy over the TV licencing affair after
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Newsletter 99 - 09/12/2016
are an attempt to change voters’ feelings about the government. A new opinion poll by Pulse for Action 24 TV... the 3 percent threshold for Parliament. Last week, a University of Macedonia poll for Skai TV... otherwise, the Fund calls on the European creditors to provide debt relief in order to make sure
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Newsletter 129 - 28/07/2017
indicated that another two transactions should be expected by August 2018 in order for the country... over since last October, when the Council of State deemed the TV permit tender held... during an interview on Alpha TV on Wednesday night but gave a rather equivocal answer. “The separation
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Mitsotakis responds to Tsipras challenge with proposals for broad changes to constitution
PoliticsGreek Politics” of the constitution and being interested in using the revision process in order to distract attention... to SYRIZA’s proposal of “religious neutrality” on the party of public authorities. In a TV interview over... leader Evangelos Venizelos. In a TV interview on Monday, Venizelos made it clear that he believes
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Extending Brexit: Reaching the Larry David moment of the saga
Agorafor. During the long hours of endless parliamentary debates, European summits, interviews, TV panels... at Saturday Night Live. Alas, Brexit is not a TV series. It is a seismic political event that was triggered..., condition in order for such a consensus to be built. To be continued in October… *Dr Nikos Skoutaris
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